The Progressive Magazine: October 2012
Volume 76, Number 10
In This Issue
Editor's Note
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Letters
On the Line
Cover
| Can this progressive Senator survive the onslaught from Karl Rove and company?
Features
The Founders Versus the Funders
| We must overturn Citizens United and let the People—not big money—choose.
Meet the 26 Billionaires Buying Our Democracy Amitabh Pal
Senator Bernie Sanders identifies the fat cats.
Tent City, USA Hank Kalet
Encampments arise all over the country in this housing crisis.
1st Person Singular
Hiding Osama bin Laden Samina Najmi
When a classmate asked my daughter if our family had helped hide Osama bin Laden, it made me reflect on being a Muslim American.
Interview
José Antonio Vargas Jeff Chang
“We are now, for the first time, in control of the story,” says the immigrant rights advocate and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Culture
Dave Zirin wonders why the Major Leagues are dropping the ball on Roberto Clemente.
Kate Clinton sees the end of science.
Poem Donald Smyth
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Spying on Occupy Activists
| How local law enforcement and Homeland Security help Wall Street.
The Commerce of Violence
Wendell Berry | The cheapening of life is surely the dominant theme of our time, from Guantánamo to the Boston Marathon.
Jason Collins, Meet Brittney Griner
Dave Zirin says Jason Collins and Brittney Griner can teach the guys in the huddle a lot.
Preserving Our Home on Earth
We’ve released our second eBook from a new “Hidden History“
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Preserving Our Home on Earth: 100 Years of Environmental Writing from the Archives of The Progressive Magazine. is now available from Amazon and Barnes&Noble.
"Since we only have one planet to call our own, it might be worth reading this book." —Bill McKibben
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